selfhelp: ([billy] oh god. oh thank god.)
William "Billy" Kaplan (Wiccan) ([personal profile] selfhelp) wrote2013-07-12 09:13 pm

[Action, July 11th-13th]

[To say that Billy is a bit of a basket case right now would be a severe understatement. His mom is here. His admittedly teenage and therefore doesn't-know-who-he-is-and-kind-of-alternate-universe mom, yes, but that doesn't seem to make the intensity of his feelings about the matter any different. One small comfort is that they're getting along (so far), and their shared powers gives them common ground, but there's still that lingering... risk that he can't stop thinking about. That he won't be able to keep his secrets, that eventually everything will come crumbling down. He's terrified of that.

The first day, he does little else but fret and mull over it, after separating from Wanda; Teddy's kind enough to cancel any of his daily doings, since he's in no state to be pretending like everything's normal. It had been hard enough with Wanda the first time. Today, though, he feels much better. His head is more clear, he's found his center of calm, and he spent at least half the day and night before meditating so he figures he has a firm grasp on his sanity again.

There are certain things that he knows he needs to do, especially since he ditched all his usual priorities the day before, so he's made himself a list, and today he's going through it all. It is as follows: He swing by the art gallery and removes some of his work, namely anything that features the Scarlet Witch (only a couple of pieces, mind you, and they're his, but art theft is still art theft). He attends training with Logan and begs for forgiveness about skipping the day before (beg may be an overstatement of what actually happens because he isn't really sorry at all). He'll attend X-Men Training and try to perform decently despite feeling ridiculously scatterbrained. And finally, he'll probably talk to some Very Important People in the process of completing the rest of his list.

In the end, well... he's decided to track down Wanda again, maybe not now, but some time in the near future. Because despite his fears and misgivings, despite everything he's likely to say to everyone else - that it's a bad idea, that he'll mess things up, that he'll accidentally reveal himself - the temptation of sharing his powers with hers, teaching her, helping her, is too strong to resist. This is about more than a lost family, now. This is about magic.]
not_a_troll: (you know the queen?)

[action-I hope this is ok, if not, let me know!]

[personal profile] not_a_troll 2013-07-13 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Loki's in the kitchen for most of the day, he's making sandwiches again and making a general mess of the kitchen. The only thing that differs is that he's back to his normal size, the shirt he's wearing did not and its definitely too big for him. He's climbing around on the counter when he notices Billy passing by.]

Billy! Billy! I have invented a new sandwich!

[He climbs off the counter an hurries towards the opening that leads to the hallway.]
handing: (looking through the chains)

Re: [action]

[personal profile] handing 2013-07-13 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not saying you have to leave the pieces up; they're your artwork. [And if Billy truly wants them removed, then Pepper will do so. That's always been her policy, after all. But to make that choice so suddenly, and his attempt at just sneaking them away--both of those things have gotten her concerned, and she closes the distance between them as Billy slumps back against the wall.]

I remember, yes. [She can even pick out the woman in the piece Billy had been trying to take down when she got in. Her eyes move to the artwork, then back to him as she waits for Billy to go on.]
handing: (skeptical)

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[personal profile] handing 2013-07-13 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[She doesn't say anything in reply at first; instead Pepper stares at Billy as each part of what he says sinks in. His mother's there, but not the age she should be, or even from the right place. Instead she's from a time before Billy's birth, and a universe where he may never even exist.]

Oh...oh god! [Then it clicks, and Pepper again looks to the artwork with new understanding.] And you don't want her to see something that could have her asking about her future--or the future of her alternate self.
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action; friday

[personal profile] alloys 2013-07-13 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Tony mulls that over. When Howard had shown up, Tony had almost blurted out the truth the moment they met in person so it would stop picking at the back of his mind. But he hadn't, and while it had been nice to pretend to be something they weren't for the months that they did, when the proverbial shit hit the fan, he wish he had told him that first day. If only to save his skin in the future. But it was more than just that. Part of him knew Howard deserved the truth, because decades younger or not, Tony knew his dad. Neither Stark was keen on having the truth kept from him. ]

...I'd like to say I would tell him sooner. [ He sighs inwardly. ] But the thing is - there were a dozen ways I could've handled that. The jury's still out on which one was best. [ And unless Howard returned, he was fairly certain he'd never have an answer he was satisfied with.

He gives Billy an appraising look. ]
Coffee? [ There's a lot more here than he's getting right now. ]
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Re: [action] totally okay!

[personal profile] not_a_troll 2013-07-13 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Loki arches an eyebrow, holding a sandwich in his hand that's dripping with a brown substance.]

Are you sad again?

[He takes a firm bite of said sandwich.]

Its chocolate.
tryit: ([serious] wary)

[ July 11th | action ]

[personal profile] tryit 2013-07-13 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[When she doesn't hear a response, Kate makes her way further in to the apartment. She dumps the keys on top of the nearest surface and wanders down the hall until she finds Billy's room. Even though the door's ajar, she knocks anyway.]

Hey, Billy? [She pushes the door open to see that Billy-shaped burrito.] Oh, Billy.

[Her voice is quiet, clearly expressing the concern she feels. Kate remembers how crazy things were when Billy met his mom - his real, amnesia-afflicted, grown-up mother. She can't imagine what he must be feeling now.

Walking over to the bed, she then takes a seat on the edge.]
You awake?

alloys: (☢ i had a class!;)

action; friday

[personal profile] alloys 2013-07-13 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
There's still a pot in the kitchen.

[ Or, at least, he thinks so. He stands, tools abandoned on the table as he heads for the stairs. He always found it easier to talk when he had a cup of coffee to sip on. Maybe that would work for Billy, too. ]
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[personal profile] snikting 2013-07-14 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
[He grunts and gives Billy a look. This is one of those moments where he could inquire and find out the source of the problem. He should. He's the teacher here. But kids and feelings are so not his area of expertise.]

See that it don't. [...] So spill it. What's eatin' at you?
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[ action ] it's fine!

[personal profile] touchofrogue 2013-07-14 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Bang, bang, BANG!

Well, she wasn't going to bring in. That would be insane, worry or no worry. It wasn't as though she had experience picking locks herself or that she had a master thief in her brain or anything.

But that wasn't going to stop her from trying the doorknob, because even thinking about searching for another bobby pin was crazy without checking--

Ah-HA! It was open. Of course she was going to go inside. She didn't even think about it.]


Billy? You alive in here?
handing: (but you said don't push it)

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[personal profile] handing 2013-07-14 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
I see. [She could definitely understand those reasons. She hadn't wanted to hear a lot about Billy's world because her thinking had run along those same lines, after all. But when it came to parents things got so much trickier, and Pepper thinks back to a particular meeting on a bridge.]

Does Tony know about this yet? If you were going to tell him.
Edited 2013-07-14 04:42 (UTC)
handing: (it might not be so bad)

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[personal profile] handing 2013-07-14 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a lot to be read in that pause, and Pepper nods slowly.] Here. I'll help you take down the pictures. [And think of ways to rearrange the display in the meantime.

First, however, is the matter of Tony, and why Pepper brought him up specifically.]
You could tell him the truth. He might understand better than you think. After all, he went through something like this with Howard.
calmbeforethe: (gratuitous lens flare)

Action ; I hope this too is okay!

[personal profile] calmbeforethe 2013-07-14 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ororo had been very concerned when Billy didn't show up for training that first day. Teddy had been able to reassure her with some reason or the other, but she's still relieved to see him show up the day after looking reasonably well. Reasonably, anyway.

She finds a spare moment after his run with Logan to approach him. ]


You seemed distracted today, Billy. Is everything alright?
not_a_troll: (gander upon this!)

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[personal profile] not_a_troll 2013-07-14 08:45 am (UTC)(link)
A wondrous attempt to avoid my question and thus I am most sure you're sad again and not aware that the chocolate sandwich comes with a secret ingredient!
Edited 2013-07-14 08:46 (UTC)
halfnhalf: art from kaciart.tumblr.com, colored by me ([teddy] you love me for my shirt)

[July 11th | Action]

[personal profile] halfnhalf 2013-07-14 10:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Teddy gives a soft chuckle at that, not saying one way or the other, though his cheeks do seem a little pink. With a stroke of his thumb in front of Billy's ear, Teddy presses another soft kiss to his lips, then leans back once more.]

Good luck.

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